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• All Creatures Great and Small

  Herriot, James

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  "A pleasant read. The descriptions of the village were beautiful." - Babas

• All Systems Red

  Wells, Martha,

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  "I loved the binge-watching, socially anxious humanoid robot -- self-dubbed "Murderbot" Their irreverent narration made this sci-fi mystery adventures really stand out for me." - Hayley

• Another Brooklyn

  a Novel

  Woodson, Jacqueline,

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  I love the novel-in-poetry by Jacqueline Woodson." - Krista

• The Anthropocene Reviewed

  Essays on a Human-centered Planet

  Green, John, 1977-

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  "I really enjoyed reading The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green. It has his classic wit and writing style, but influenced from his life events and from the lens of the pandemic." - Bridget

• Assata

  An Autobiography

  Shakur, Assata

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  "I loved reading Assata Shakur's autobiography. It was inspiring and intense." - Nicole

• Aurora

  Robinson, Kim Stanley,

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  "One of the best spaceship novels ever." - Ben

• The Best Is Yet to Come

  a Novel

  Macomber, Debbie,

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  "I just love how beautifully Debbie Macomber tells a story about two outsiders who find their "in" to happiness through a caring community and each other." - Carol

• Bitch

  on the Female of the Species

  Cooke, Lucy, 1970-

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  "A mind-bending book about gender-bending in the animal world!" - Anne

• Black Cake

  a Novel

  Wilkerson, Charmaine,

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  "A multilayered story that explores themes of family, migration, and identity. I am looking forward to reading future works by Charmaine Wilkerson." - Araceli

• Call Us What We Carry

  Poems

  Gorman, Amanda, 1998-

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  "Profound and helped me process the pandemic. I immediately started re-reading it once I finished!" - Karla

• The Center Cannot Hold

  My Journey Through Madness

  Saks, Elyn R., 1955-

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  "Written with a lucidity and directness to rival The Bell Jar, her accounts of psychosis, paranoia, and fear of her own mind feel at once disturbingly foreign and hauntingly familiar. " - Ashen

• Checking Out Crime

  Cass, Laurie,

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  "Minnie, a librarian, lives on a houseboat on a lake in Michigan and solves mysteries with the help of Eddie, the book mobile cat." - Charlotte

• Crying in H Mart

  a Memoir

  Zauner, Michelle,

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  "So raw and beautiful and for me a great tool to help process grief. A stunning memoir that, true to its name, left me in tears at the grocery store." - Natasha

• Deadly Class. 1, Reagan Youth

  Remender, Rick,

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  "It was a riveting intense graphic novel about some misfit teens trying to fit in." - J.C.

• Deaf Utopia

  a Memoir--and a Love Letter to a Way of Life

  DiMarco, Nyle, 1989-

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  "A great personal memoir mixed with advocacy and intersectionalism. Not only was I entertained, I was educated and inspired." - Bill

• The Deal of a Lifetime

  a Novella

  Backman, Fredrik, 1981-

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  "A story that will make the reader think about the choices that we make, what really matters, and how our lives impact others." - Maria

• The Devil Makes Three

  Bovalino, Tori,

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  "Filled with excitement, suspense and is well-written with a satisfying conclusion for readers of teen level and up!" - Amelia

• Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

  a Memoir

  O'Reilly, Séamas,

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  "Was like eating the most wonderful sandwich in terms of the density of the beauty and humor in the prose!!" - Catherine

• The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

  the True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

  Adlington, Lucy, 1970-

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  "A very interesting and heartwarming story. The sisters really looked out for each other during their most treacherous days." - Pamela

• Earthlings

  a Novel

  Murata, Sayaka, 1979-

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  "A bizarre and satisfying story of revenge and survival -- filled with unpredictable twists." - Fionnuala